Flushing-valve



v(No Model.)

E. W. SMART. FLUSHING VALVE.

No. 464,590'. Patented Dee. 8, `1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

ELLlAH XV. SMART, OF EXETER, NEV HAMPSHIRE.

FLUSHING-VALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,590, dated December 8, 1891.v

Application filed January 11,1890. Serial No.3361615. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ELIJAH WV. SMART, of Exeter, county of Rockingham, State of New Hampshire, have invented an Improvement in Flushing-Valves, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to flushing-valves especially adapted tobe used in connection with water-closets, and has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and eflicient valve.

One feature of my invention consists in constructing the valve, as will be described, whtlreby boring and reaming are dispensed Wit Another feature consists in providing an auxiliary valve by which the closing ofthe main valve may be regulated as desired to obtain a fast or slow closing valve. I

My invention therefore consists, essentially, in the combination, with a tank and a valvecasing provided with a 4bridge and constituting an outlet for said tank, iof a cylinder secured to said bridge and provided with an inlet-port in its side at or near its upper end, a valve provided with a piston closed at its bottom to enter said cylinder, and means to operate said valve, substantially as will be described.

Other features of my invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specilication. v

Figure l is a section of a sufficient portion of a water-tank provided with my improved flushing-valve to enable my invention to be understood; Fig. 2, a partial section and plan lview of the overflow-pipe and valve-casing,

the valve being omitted, the section being taken on line o: 0c, Fig. 1 Figs. 3 and 4, sectional modifications to be referred to, and Fig. 5, a detail to be referred to.

` The tank or vessel A, containing water or other fluid, may be of any usual or well-known construction. The tank A is provided with a water-outlet in its bottom, the said outlet consisting of a metallic shell a, constituting a valve-casing, and provided with a threaded extension or sleeve a', extended through a suitable hole in the bottom of the tank and engaged by a threaded nut or ring a2, by which the valve-casing is firmly secured in position within the tank. The valve-casing a is provided with a bridge d3, preferably cast herein shown, a threaded opening engaged by the threaded end of a tube or pipe a, forming the cylinder of a dash-pot, in which is reciprocated a piston a5, herein shown as a solid be provided at its lower end with an adjustable plug-valve b', herein shown as a screwthreaded plug, provided with an annular iiange Wmo-operating with a valve-seat b3,

which may be secured to the cylinder a* by solder or in other suitable manner, or it` may form an' integral part thereof. The plugvalve b below its annular flange b2 is proposite slots (Shown best in Fig. 2.) The valve-casing a is provided with an extension c, preferably cast integral therewith and forming a chamber c', communicating with the indischarge-pipe, (not shown,) but which in practice, is secured to the sleeve ct. The extension c has secured to or forming part of it an overflow-pipe c2, provided, as shown, with a limit the upward movement of the valve, the said collar being adjustable on the said overflow-pipe to regulate the'extent of opening of the valve.

seat by pulling upon the chain am in usual manner, the collar c3 being adjusted on the overflow-pipe so that the valve will be raised a sufficient distance to uncover the ports l) to iill the cylinder a4. As soon as the chain is released, the valve descends by gravity, but is retarded in its descent by the water in the cylinder a4, which must escape through the integral with the said casing and having, as

rod secured to a cap'or plate a6, having se 6o The val ve-cap has secured to it by water-inlet ports, and the said cylinder may 7o herein shown as an internally-threaded plug,

vided, preferably, With two diametrically-op- 8o terior of the valve-casing and with the usual collar c3, having an arm c4, forming a stop to 9o In operation the valve is raised from its and permit the water iiowing from the tank roo ports l) when the plug-valve is screwed down tightly upon its seat, the piston fitting the cylinder a4 somewhat loosely, so as to permit the fluid to pass up between it and the cylinder. The valve will thus form what is technically known as a slow-closing flushingvalve. It it is desired that the valve should close quicker, the plug-valve b may be raised from its seat more or less, as desired, by removing the valve-cap a and its valve a8 and nnscrewiug the plug-valve. lVith the plugvalve raised from its seat, additional outlets are aiforded for the water through the passage b5, aud as a result the valve as is closed quicker. l prefer to use the plug-valve b; but Where only a slow-closing valve is required the cylinder a4 may be permanently closed at itsbottom, as shown in Fig. S.

By securing the piston to the valve-cap and fitting it within the cylinder d'4, I avoid boring and reaming, thereby effecting a considerable saving in the cost of construction. It will be noticed that the cylinder a is detachable from the bridge, and asa result of this con struction the said cylinder may be removed from the bridge after the valve-easing has been placed in position t'or purpose of repair or cleaning, and the said cylinder may be re moved and repaired without removing the valve-casing from the tank.

I claiml. The combination, with a tank and a valvecasing provided with a bridge and constitilting an outlet for said tank, of a cylinder secured to said bridge and provided with an inlet-port in its side at or near its upper end, a valve provided witha closed piston to enter said cylinder and normally close the inlet-port therein, and means to operate said valve and raise the end of the piston above the inlet-port t-o open it, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a tank anda valvecasing provided with a bridge and constituting an outlet for said tank, of a cylinder detaohably secured to said bridge and provided with a water-inlet port in Aits side, a valve provided with a closed piston to enter said cylinder and normally close the inletport, an adjustable outlet-valve for said cylinder, and means to operate said valve and piston to open the valve-casing and inlet-port of said cylinder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

w ELIJAl-I lV. SMART. lVitnesses:

JAS. H. CHURCHILL, EMMA J. BENNETT. 

